Alternative Easter Gift Ideas for Kids who have enough chocolate!
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Easter is fast approaching, and for us parents, so is the prospect of spending another half-term break madly trying to find affordable days out and fun ways to entertain the kids. We all absolutely love ripping open a chocolate egg on Easter weekend (the only time we can allow chocolate for breakfast guilt-free), but the amount of chocolate the kids receive can be more than a little overwhelming.
Whilst I always allow the girls to have a reasonable haul of chocolate at Easter, I always try to find alternative Easter gifts or non-chocolate-eater gifts, ideally gifts that the whole family can enjoy together.
If you are looking to send alternative Easter gifts this year, you simply can’t go wrong with a bunny, chick, or egg theme! In addition, why not look out for experience-based gifts that you can share together while offering entertainment and fun?
Here’s our round-up of some of the best alternative Easter gifts for 2025.
For the crafty kids
If your kids love stationery, they’ll love the Mini Stationery Maker from Style4Ever, which comes with everything they need to make and display their stationery essentials.
SFrom DIY Pens filled with water and beadsSSSS to shaped erasers, notebooks and crayons, they can even personalise the holder with the included stickers!
For some much-needed escapism
For gifts that will last far beyond Easter itself, you can’t go wrong with new books! For babies and toddlers, we love Easter Bunny’s Wobbly Bottom – a study board book with interactive elements to move the bunny’s ears, arms and well… their bottom.
If you love picture books, If You’re Hoppy and you know it is a fun lift the flap book with beautiful illustrations. KIds will love singing along to the text. Jenny Peckles Lays Eggs with Spekles is a must have for fans of Oi Frog, with hillarious rhyming text and chicken themed characters throughout.
Neve loves the new graphic novel series Blue, Barry & Pancakes, perfectly themed for Spring, with full colour pages and friendship packed adventures, it makes a great choice for more reluctant readers.
There are LOADS of brand new Easter titles this year, ranging from Easter board books for babies and toddlers, through to early fiction and middle grade Easter books. To make your live’s easier. we’ve rounded up the best Easter books for kids on the link below.
Alternative Easter gifts for the great outdoors
One of the best parts about Easter is the start of Spring – longer and (hopefully) brighter days, providing the opportunity to get outside in the fresh air and enjoy some fun outside together as a family.
This Spring, Start-Rite have launched a fab range of canvas pumps that are perfect for running, jumping and playing outside. With an easy fasten velcro rip tape that is quick and simple to adjust (even for little fingers), they have a lightweight, flexible sole and engineered tread to ensure a safe grip even with running at speed.
We ADORE the embroidered daisies on this design. Versatile enough to be worn with dresses or leggings, dressed up or dressed down, they’re even machine washable at 30 degrees – great for peace of mind if your little one is inclined to always head for the muddiest parts of the path!
You can check out all the canvas pumps in the range at Start-Rite now.
For the Easter egg hunts
If you’re worried about your easter eggs melting in this very welcome sunshine, why not opt for some surprise reveal toys on your egg hunt?
Kids love surprise reveal toys, and here are two perfect examples for Spring. FIrst up MiniVerse – which has proven incredibly popular with tweens on social media. Each of these Make it Mini Spring capsules comes with everything you need to make and display cute resin designs – all with a spring theme. From cute cup cakes and bunny showstopper cakes to the rare spring daffodils. they’re great fun to peel and reveal.
LOL Surprise also needs no introduction! The new pastel party capsule contain a cute character with fun spring outfit and accessories – from bunny ears to cute easter baskets.
For screen free fun
We’re big fans of screen-free fun in this house, and whilst there is of course a place for iPads, tablets and TV, we love the sense of calm and relaxation that can be achieved by listening to fun audio devices instead such as the Tonies Toniebox and Yoto Player.
This Easter, both Tonies and Yoto have some great content that is ideal for Spring, helping entertain your little ones and help them get some well deserved rest over the holidays.
We love the NEW Tonies Sleepy Friends range – a selection of adorable sleepy characters filled with relaxing stories and music that can be a valuable support as part of your child’s bedtime routine.
If you’re more Team Yoto, they too have a great range of Easter and Spring themed Yoto Cards. From the beloved Peter Rabbit and Friends, to Enid Blyton Springtime stories, Yoto also have some brand new cards with much loved characters launching in early April so watch this space!
The Family Board Game Rally
Board games (or bored games as my daughter likes to call them!) are a great way to entertain the kids during the Easter holidays, so games with a bunny theme make an ideal Easter gift. As a family, we are HUGE fans of Learning Resources, and the Learning Resources Hoppy Floppy’s Happy Hunt Game definitely didn’t disappoint!
The aim of the game is to help hoppy to collect the carrots. Spin the spinner and use the rabbit squeezer to collect the correct coloured carrot from the box. Your aim is to be the first player to collect four carrots – one of each colour. Sounds easy right? But watch out, if another player lands on the steal rabbit, they can take a carrot from your basket and if you drop your basket, you must return all the contents and start again! A fun game the whole family can play together. Super simple instructions, and encourages taking in turns and fine motor skills in little ones. Suitable for 2 – 4 players.
You can see loads of our other favourite board games for the whole family here.
We’re huge fans of Orchard Toys (having played with their games consistently over the last 11 years!). Entertaining, educational and fun, they are games that can be enjoyed time and time again. This April, they have two new arrivals that are just perfect for Easter.
First up is Hot Cross Bunnies, with two unique ways to play – snap or matching pairs. WIth adorable illustrations of lots of grumpy bunnies, it’s sure to raise some laughter and friendly competition between siblings and friends. An absolute bargain at just £4, it makes a great choice for kids aged 3-6 years.
Orchard Toys also have a new jigsaw range this Easter, featuring none other than Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit. The World of Peter Rabbit JIgsaw Puzzle is one to cherish. With sturdy, wipe-clean pieces made from recycled cardboard, this 50-piece puzzle is beautifully illustrated. We love the border around the edge, helping children learn more about some of the characters too. A great activity for children aged four years and above.
Learning Resources also fantastic games for Spring that are loads of fun but educational too.
Bunny Brunch is a great way to teach children 3 and above about taking turns, working together to complete the pattern and feeding the hungry bunnies before the mischievous mouse eats all the food. With two levels of difficulty to adapt as your child grows, it teaches key life skills such as making patterns, sequencing, matching, counting and memory.
Chances are you will have already heard of the fun-filled, high energy game Throw Throw Burrito – but if you haven’t, seriously, where have you been? This game is SO much fun to play with the family, Throw Throw Burrito combines a traditional card game with an action packed game if dodgeball, throwing and dodging the squishy foam burritos whilst attempting to collect the matching cards.
Yes, you’ll need a lot of room to play, but we’ve honestly never laughed so much. If you already own the game, there’s now a fab new expansion pack called Block Block Burrito – which not only offers players more battle formats but also an all-new defence mechanism in the form of inflatable tortilla shields!
For imaginative play
There is nothing cuter than watching your kids play with character toys. A great way to encourage role play and imagination, they can act out little scenes and make sense of the world by reinacting real life scenarios like shops, schools and household environments.
Of all the character toys we’ve had over the years, Sylvanian Families are up there with the best. Not only are they super cute, but they’re completely timeless too. My 8-year-old daughter loves playing with the bunnies and squirrels just as much as I did back in the 80s. There are two adorable Easter themed sets from Sylvanian Families that would make a great gift for Easter – available for a limited time only!
The Easter Egg Hutch features a cute little bunny house with accessories and the adorable Marguerite Rabbit baby in a cute Easter-themed outfit. My daughter loves the bunny shaped sofa and easter eggs in her basket.
We also love the Easter Celebration Set – featuring Marguerite Rabbit Serena and Romeo, dressing in their finest, spring-themed outfits, along with a selection of Easter eggs and other accessories for creating a festive Easter egg hunt.
We also love this adorable Pip & Posy character set, perfect for creating fun easter role-plays with friends. There are five characters in the pack including Pip, Posy, Zac, Frankie, and Jamila. Each stands at around 10cm tall and articulated waists.
For sustainable play
Suitable for children aged 3 years plus, this Wooden Stacing Flower Garden set from JoJo makes the perfect gift for Spring. Stashing away in the box for storage, the sliding lid reveals a selection of flowers, leaves, stems and plant pots that slot into the lid, as well as gardening tools to help bring their imagination to life.
Made from high qualty MDF, Lotus Wood, Beech Wood and Plywood, I love how kids can write their name on the chalkboard to personalise their garden.
Construction toys with a difference
Ever stood on your kids’ building blocks by accident? Me too – you certainly don’t forget it in a hurry!
This Easer has seen the launch of a brand new construction toy – Jelly Blox. A unique sensory building block system, each block is super squishy – filled with either foam balls, mouldable sand, stars or mini blocks. Bright, colourful and engaging, not only are they soft and tactile to touch, these sensory toys allow practice their fine motor skills and bring their creations to life.
We love the sand blocks – instant therapy if you’ve had a bad day! Prices start at just £14.99.
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If you’re looking for an Easter gift that can be enjoyed long after all the eggs have disappeared, this Connetix Pastel set is ideal.
A creative and educational STEM toy aimed at children aged 3 and above, each bevelled magnetic tile can be used to create some really impressive constructions including buildings, boats, cars, animals and more. The opportunities are endless! Sealed and riveted for extra safety they create beautiful clear refractions of light! For peace of mind, parents will also be pleased to know that Connetix tiles are made using non-toxic ABS plastic that is BPA, lead and Phthalate free,
To display in their bedrooms
Children love adding a bit of personality to their bedrooms and I’ve got you covered with these next picks.
First up is FunkoPOP – these adorable vinyl characters sit at 3.75 inches tall and are highly collectible If you kids are DIsney fans, they’ll love the new live action Snow White and Evil Queen additions. Other recent additions to the range include Marvel and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
Next up are these adorable animal craft kits from EUGY. Made from biodegradable card and printed with natural ink, kids can create their very own 3D collectible nimal figures, simply piecing them together in numerical order using the non-toxic glue. Incredibly realistic and detailed, we love the bunny, cow and sheep for Easter!
For a fun bath before bed
Do your kids find bathtime boring??? Not anymore… Introducing the So Bomb DIY So Bomb Bath Bomb Dispenser.
Store your bath bombs in this cute dispenser and turn the handle to release. Once the fizz has stopped, kids can catch the collectible charm to create their very own customisable bracelet. The set comes with 20 bath bombs to get you started, is refillable and has 12 different charms to collect!
However you choose to celebrate this Easter, I hope you have a wonderful time with your family. We hope you enjoyed this post of alternative Easter gifts!
Enjoy
Lucy xxx
